John 10:7-21 (ESV)
Redemption through the Door
7: So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8: All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
9: I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
10: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
The Sacrifice of the Shepherd
11: I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12: He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
13: He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14: I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
15: just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
The Nature of His Authority
16: And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
17: For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
18: No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
Reason and Conclusion
19: There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.
20: Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?”
21: Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”